Welcome we are glad you are

here to share this time with us!

Important
Sunday Services: Bible Class.. 9:30 am Worship..11:00 am Evening Worship. 6:00 pm

The Lincoln City Church of Christ is a church

belonging to Christ, longing to be filled with the Spirit of God and secured in the grace of Christ that receives all who seek God through Jesus. If you have any questions please feel free to ask any of our members or our leadership.

Web Site
Make sure to check our Web Site and share it with others
www.lincolncitychurchofchrist.org. For those interested in receiving the bulletin you will be able to see it on the web site in the future or request it as an email. Contact Jason Love for more information.

Current News
Ladies Class is back in session, this week they will meet at Sambos
with lunch to follow.

Our Leadership
The Lincoln City Church of Christ is shepherded by six men
dedicated to equipping the saints for works of service. They (and their wives) are: Sam and Sharon Allen Ron and Gen Hudson Sherrod and Joyce Lee Dan and Pam McQuiddy Bob and Cherie Miller George and Ruth Moore
Please keep these men and women in your prayers and remember the exhortation of Paul: Now we ask you brothers, to respect those who
work hard among you, who are over you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other (1 Thessalonians 5:12-13).

Thursday Night Class meets at 6pm at the building.

This class is open to everyone and all are encourage to come and share.

Dont forget to keep in your heart, plans and prayers the building
fund. We look forward to what great things God can use us for in a larger more visible and useable space in our community. Dont forget to use the small envelopes for contributions we have over $30,000 in the fund at present to reach our $200,000 goal.

Please remember to keep brother Bal Lomanang and his wife Vickie
and family in your prayers.

Dont forget to keep Troy and Jennifer in your prayers. They will be
getting married at the end of the month in Southern California.

Sherrod and Joyce during this difficult time need our prayers and
calls. Pray for them as they recover from pneumonia.

Betty Morse found a home to purchase so we are truly thankful for

that worry to be lifted from her shoulders.

Sam Allens knee is much improved and progressing well.

And they did not do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with Gods will.. 2 Corinthians 8:5.

PRAYER CONCERNS
Prayers for our elders and their wives: Sam and Sharon, Ron and Gen, Sherrod and Joyce, Dan and Pam, Bob and Cherie and George and Ruth. We are so thankful for their commitment to serve as our shepherds. We lift up Sam and Sharon as Sams knee continues to improve. We pray for Sherrod who was in ICU in Corvallis after a fall in the bathroom this past week both Sherrod and Joyce developed pneumonia and are recovering at home. We pray for Bob & Cheries daughter Amanda who is recovering from a traumatic physical attack at gunpoint. We pray for Pat Watson as he continues his slow recovery from a brain aneurysm. Jackie is home from the hospital still recovering and looking forward to being able to move Pat hopefully to McMinnville for therapy but he will need to get off the feeding tube first. Jackie is still taking pain pills and antibiotics. We lift up Bettys grandson, Joshua Tappero, scheduled for surgery to correct a femoral artery aneurysm. We pray for Taylor Proudfit, a 20 yr old suffering from chronic pain following a sports head injury she suffered. We pray for John Carters recovery from a pulmonary embolism. Don and Debbie Williams finally got Dons Mom is in a care facility designed to meet her needs. Keep her and Dons step-dad in your prayers. The ongoing health challenges of many: Sam Allen, Harriette Bowen, Dean Brown, John Carter, Sherri Hagar, Janet Hailey, Margaret Hailey, Bill Hamilton, Robert Lane, Bob Lee, Sherrod and Joyce Lee, Paul Love, Lani Miller, Betty Morse, Mark Mumma, James Watson, Mary Kay and Todd Whitehead. We continue in prayer for Bob Robinson and Gail McDonnell in their new location. We pray for our Cancer warriors and their families: Joel Bauer, Susan Burr, Kim Ebel, Jim Gamb, Rob Hartley, Rhonda Juarez, Rhonda Kneeland, Serena Koach, Dan Lee, Billie Gay Lawrence, Bal Lomanang, Terry McCulloch, Bob Owens, Ken Ratliff, Randy Rasmussen, Patty Spradlin, Richard Swint, Tammy, Stephanie VanDamme, Rosie Wilbanks, Andy Wright and Twila Zeller. We pray for those preaching the gospel in every area of the world, especially those we support in the Philippines and Mexico. Continue prayers for Sam to find a new job. Lift Harriette Bowen up to overcome her respiratory distress and start feeling better. Prayers of thanksgiving that Betty Morse has found a house in the Tigard area. Pray all goes well. We pray for our visitors and travelers.

Lincoln City Church of Christ Bulletin March 10, 2013

Volume 1 No. 4

KNOWING
It was my privilege to spend a little time with Byron this week as he taught eager students the art of painting seascapes. I missed most of the classes due to the seasonal joy of a cold that followed its usual migration into my chest. But what little wisdom I captured excited me not only about the joy and importance of artistic expression but its evidence of God the source of all creation and creative expression. At one point in the class it dawned on me that Byrons gifted ability to capture not only the beauty of the sea but its movement, power and fluid colors was not just because he had honed brush techniques or mastered composition but because he knew the anatomy of the wave. He understood and had intimate knowledge of the life and dynamic of the ocean gleaned from many hours of observation. His paintings come alive because he is able to articulate not only the observable but the animate power of the divine in all things created. John writes, Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 1 John 4:7,8. God can be viewed in many ways but the most intimate knowledge of Him reveals that He is love. I love the quirky irony in the beginning of the story of redemption that is seen in Genesis. Sin is discovered when God is walking in the garden in the cool of the evening and Adam and Eve hide. Knowledge of good and evil stripped them of intimacy with a God who walked among them. A hint of its importance is revisited in chapter 5 when we are told of Enoch who walked with God was no more because God took him away (v.24). Mysterious yes but certainly a reminder that God desires for His creation to walk with Him to know Him to love and to be loved! Knowing God will always be best understood in the cleft of the rock!